Web Stories

Hutchings awarded medal of achievement

Posted March 9, 2005; 05:18 p.m.

by Ruth Stevens

Robert Hutchings, recently chair of the U.S. National Intelligence
Council and presently a diplomat-in-residence at the Woodrow Wilson
School, has been awarded the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement.

The medal was awarded to Hutchings "in recognition of his effective
leadership, broad strategic vision and commitment to analytic
excellence" during his tenure as NIC chair from February 2003 to
February 2005. According to the citation signed by Director of Central
Intelligence Porter Goss, "Hutchings provided strong leadership" as NIC
chair, "attracting new talent, creating innovative analytic portfolios
and enlarging [the NIC's] strategic focus."

"Hutchings' accomplishments reflect the finest traditions of the
federal service, bringing honor and credit to the [U.S.] intelligence
community," the citation notes.

Hutchings came to Princeton in 1997 as assistant dean of the Woodrow
Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Previously, he had
served as director of international studies at the Washington-based
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and as a special
adviser, with the rank of ambassador, to former U.S. Secretary of State
James Baker III, a member of Princeton's class of 1952. Hutchings also
has been director for European affairs at the National Security Council
and deputy director of Radio Free Europe. He was on a public service
leave of absence from Princeton while chairing the National
Intelligence Council.

The NIC is a center of strategic thinking within the U.S. government,
reporting to the director of central intelligence and providing the
president and senior policy-makers with analyses of foreign policy
issues.